Good Samaritan shot while trying to break up fight on Bronx street corner

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Two suspects sought after good Samaritan shot while trying to break up fight in the Bronx Photo credit NYPD

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Police on Wednesday released surveillance footage of two suspects sought for shooting a Good Samaritan attempting to break up a fight on a Bronx street earlier this month.

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It happened at approximately 3:48 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 8, authorites said.

A 42-year-old man was standing at the corner of Clay Avenue and East 167th Street in Morrisania when the two suspects were having a dispute with another person, cops said.

According to officials, the victim attempted to intervene and one of the suspects shot the victim once in the lower left leg with a firearm.

The suspects then fled on foot westbound on East 168th Street to parts unknown.

EMS transported the victim by to NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln in stable condition.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

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